[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 2, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S9894]
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                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, on behalf of the majority leader, I ask 
unanimous consent that the Senate go into executive session and that 
the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further 
consideration of the following nominations, and the Senate then proceed 
to their consideration: Senator Rod Grams, Senator Joseph Biden, former 
Senator Claiborne Pell.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. SPECTER. I ask unanimous consent that the nominations be 
confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, 
the President be notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate return 
to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed, en bloc, are as follows:


                          Department of State

       Rod Grams, of Minnesota, to be a Representative of the 
     United States of America to the Fifty-third Session of the 
     General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Joseph R. Biden, of Delaware, to be a Representative of the 
     United States of America to the Fifty-third Session of the 
     General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Claiborne deB. Pell, of Rhode Island, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-
     third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

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